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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brew hope to become when he gets out of the army?
(a) Brew never wants to leave the army.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A priest.
(d) A professional athlete.

2. What is the name of the military leader that wants to kill more Vietcong so that he will be promoted?
(a) Captain Stewart.
(b) Lieutenant Carroll.
(c) Sergeant Simpson.
(d) Lieutenant Boyle.

3. How is the soldier killed on the first night of patrol?
(a) He eats a poisonous plant.
(b) He throws his body on a grenade.
(c) He steps on a landmine.
(d) He is shot through the heart.

4. When he was in high school, who told Richie that he had a good shot of getting into college?
(a) His guidance councelor.
(b) No one ever gave Richie any academic hopes.
(c) His mother.
(d) His English teacher.

5. Who does Peewee talk to in a storage shed?
(a) A foreign woman.
(b) Himself.
(c) A priest.
(d) An enemy soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the soldier in the breakfast hall suggest that the three of them should mingle?

2. What is the name of the soldier who begins crying on the truck ride to the new camp?

3. Which of the following adjectives best describes Lieutenant Carroll?

4. What is the name of Richie's younger brother?

5. Why does the large black soldier in the breakfast hall suggest that the three of them should stick together?

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